“Aravindan was a visionary director and KUMMATTY is considered among his greatest work.”– Martin Scorsese On Monday, July 11, there will be a FREE on-line screening of KUMMATTY (1979, directed by Aravindan Govindan). A beautifully restored version of this rarely seen film will be available in The Film Foundation’s Restoration Screening Room beginning at 7:00 […]
December 3, 2021 at Motion Picture Institute in Troy, Michigan www.motionpicture.edu After last year’s sessions were all virtual, teachers and pros met back at MPI in-person–with others joining virtually in our first hybrid event. Special thanks to the following presenters: Keynote & Directing Clinic – Rola Nashef (“Detroit Unleaded”)Josh Bowren – Drone Piloting & Streaming […]
We hope the following can answer your questions. Any others, please contact us at info@daftonline.org or call or text Kevin Walsh at 248-408-6715. Q. Are the 2022 Teacher and Student Symposia on-campus or virtual this year? A. This year, the sessions will be held in person only. Q. Are masks required? A. No. Q. How […]
Thanks everyone for making our opening night of the 52nd Michigan Student Film Festival a success last night–despite a short delay and some downed local internet stations following the earlier storms–thus the rather 8mm look for the first 30 Zapruder-like minutes or so. See the entire restored episode below. Just in case, we’ve since doubled […]
The longest-running student film festival in the country will hold the 52nd Michigan Student Film Festival online–May 14-17th continuing its 30-year partnership with the Detroit Institute of Arts spectacular Detroit Film Theatre via DAFT’s Facebook Live Event at this link. From nearly 300 entries, 53 selections have been chosen as Best-of-Show by a judging panel […]
Modules 1-3 Now Fully Online In October of 2018 a group of Michigan teachers had the incredible opportunity to preview three modules of an ambitious 10 module curriculum that uses movies to teach concepts in American history and culture. DAFT coordinated this workshop series in partnership with the DIA. Called Portraits of America – Democracy on […]
March 11, 2020 – 6 pm With the recent coronavirus news, DAFT has decided to move its first round of voting online for the first time instead of on-site at Lawrence Tech and the Careerline Tech Center (Holland), originally scheduled for Saturday March 14th. While we always look forward to judging day with the camaraderie and substance […]
